The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-26


GEORGIA.
v. w. Sliff promises to contribute 500
toward the purchase Of town clock if be
is elected Mayor of Athens.
The steam sausage factory at Dalton is
turning out 1000 pounds of sausage daily.
The product is shipped mostly to points
south of Dalton.
The agents who visited Dawson last spring
in the interest of a Nashville nursery were
there again last week delivering their
goods. They sold S., 800 worth of trees IN
Terrell county.
Ben Mann, of Terrell county, has very
intelligent pointer dog, which he frequently
gives a nickel The dog takes it in his
mouth and makes a bee line for a beef
market, where he spends 1t for meat
At Atlanta negro woman living on
Humphreys street, named Cora Wells, was
the victim of singular accident Wednes,
day night. Her bed collapsed after she had
retired, throwing her to the floor and break
ing her collar bone.
Miss Annie Bohannan, a young woman
about Is years of age, was horribly burned
about three miles from Lumber City, last
Monday morning about 3 o'clock. She was
standing before the fire, when her clothing
ignIted. Her recovery is considered llnpos-
sible
The dwelling and outhouses of Mrs.
Lemuel Parker, in Scrlven county, were
burned down ON Monday night. The fire is
thought to have originated from a defective
fue in the house. Nothing was saved from
the buildings and the loss is heavy one, as
there was no insurance.
A few days ago a crowd of negroes were
in field at "Unclen Wesley HouSer's, near
Fort Valley, digging stumps. They had
built fire and left little girl near it TO
keep it burning When the crowd was at
some distance the girls clothing caught on
fire, and before any one could reach her she
was burned to death.
Mrs. Betsy Woodward, residing near Rid
dleville, in Washington county, took q
small quantity of strychnine by mistake for
dose of calomel recently, that came well
nigh proving fatal. As soon as she was
assured of her mistake by the convulsive
movements of her limbs she took lard and
sugar and the white of an egg, which for
tunately counteracted the poison and doubt
less saved her life.
James Hill, a well-to-do farmer, residing
near Thomasville, Fulton county, a small
country village near Clarks University,
met with a fatal accident. He was ON
horseback, driving drove Of cattle, when
his horse, while jumping a ditch, stumbled
and fell Mr.. Hill was thrown to the
ground. The horse, in struggling to get
up, fell again on Mr. Hill, injuring him to
such an extent that he died within a few
hours.
E. B. Cherry, foreman of the Milledge-
vile Chronicle, and Miss Alice Goodman,
determined to get married rather suddenly
on Oct. "a, and having secured license
through mutual friend, they walked to the
residence of Rev. A. NJ Williams, at Amer
icus and, in the presence of a few friends
were quietly married. For some reasons of
their own they determined to keep the mat
ter secret, and only made the matter public
Wednesday.
If reports be true some sensational de-
velopments are likely to proceed from the
Miss Elvira lvey murder trial, which was
disposed of in the Superior Court of Jeffer-
son county last week by an acquittal of Miss
lyey. 1t now appears that one of the
jurors in the last trial sat upon the case in a
former trial, when the defendant was CON
victed and sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary. 1t is reported that the Juror
will be prosecuted, and the matter has
aroused a great deal of excitement in JEFF
ferson county.
At Marietta Wednesday night the citizens
were awakened by the screams of a woman
William Brown, negro, had cut his wife's
throat from ear TO ear. Sheriff Coryell was
on the scene almost Immediately. and at
tempted to arrest Brown. The latter ran
under fire from the Sheriff and escaped.
Thursday morning some men found the
fugitive in a clumD of bushes almost dead.
In his hand he held the bloody knife with
which he had cut his own throat. He was
brought back into town, and at last accounts
was dying. The woman may recover.
jealousy was the cause
Griffin NeiOs: Sunday night was very
cold indeed, severely cold for the ice fac
tory, which suffered a considerable loss
from the freeze, one that it will take weeks
to repair and arrange. 1t seems that on
Saturday night after work had ceased that
the water was not turned out of the engine
and the numerous pipes necessary to run the
machine. The consequence is that water
froZe in many of them and also in two of
the engines used, causing them to burst and
rendering work impossible in any portion of
the building until new castings of the en-
gines and new pipes can be secured. 1t is
even impossible to continue the work of
drilling out the well until the engine for
that purpose can be repaired. Manager
Smith estimates the damage to the machin-
cry at from $500 to $500.
AT one time during the late civil war the
National Hotel at Dalton was used as n
temporary hospital Recently as some
workinen were engaged in making some in
terror repairs about the building, letter,
Iadeu ana yelloWed With age, was discov-
cred behind the plastering of the wall of
one of the rooms. Upon examination the
letter was found to have been written by a
soldier OF the war, probably while lying
wounded in the building Much of the CHI
Biography was illegible, though enough
could be deciphered to show that the
letter was brief history of the war. which
the writer had doubtless intended to have
forwarded to his home folk. How it came
behind the plastering is a question to be
solved Maybe the wounded soldier in an
attack of delirum slipped his epistle through
a crack in the wall mistaking it fol, one of
Uncle Sans mail boxes.
Americas Recorder. Most of our husi.
ness men know more about business than
hunting, but occasionally one will make
up his mind that it would do him good to 20
out with the boys for days sport Such
was the case with a prominent business
man, closely identified with our banking
interests. Thanksgiving Day being legal
holiday, and the banks intended to close, as
usual, our friend joined party Just being
made up to go out hunting during the day.
de hied himself to a sporting field and Dor
rowed magnificent gun of the latest pat
tern of breech leaders. Going back to the
crowd with his gun, he looked it over care
fully, and then remarked: "Why the ram
rod has been lost. guess I'll go around to
Rogers and have new one made for il. y
IL was with difficulty the crowd kept Quiet
until he had started for the gunsmiths.
and it is not known yet whether he has